Oleaginous hemispingus

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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|image = Oleaginous_Hemispingus,_Abra_la_Esperanza,_Huancabamba_District,_Peru_1.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Sphenopsis frontalis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22722230A94755929 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22722230A94755929.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

|genus = Sphenopsis

|species = frontalis

|authority = (Tschudi, 1844)

| range_map = Sphenopsis frontalis map.svg

}}

The oleaginous hemispingus (Sphenopsis frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Description

The species' underparts are dull-yellow in colour while its upperpart is olive-green.{{cite web|url= http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=584876|title=Hemispingus frontalis|publisher=Neotropical Birds Online|access-date=June 2, 2013}}

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